Feeding appabatus for coke-wharves



R. M. BICKLEY AND E. l. MASON. FEEDING APPARATUS FOR COKE WHARVES.

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Patented Mar. 9,1920.v

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R. M. BICKLEY AND E. l'. MASON.

FEEDING APPARATUS FOR coKE wHARvEs.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2. 1918.

1,333,378; Patented M... 9,1920.

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R. M. BICKLEY AND 5.1. MASON.

` EEEDING APPARATUSv FOR COKE WHARVES.

APPL'ICATIQN FILM) NOV. 2, 1918.

Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

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INVENTORS R. M. ICKLEY AND 5.1. MASON. u FEEDING APPARATUS FOR COKE WHARVES.

. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2 I9IB\ 1,333,373, A Patented Mar. 9, 1920.`

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INVENTOHB R. M. BICKLEY AND E. MASON. FEEDING APPARATusfoR com wHAnvEs.

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y lApplicationfiled `November 2, Serial No. 260,829. Y

Tc `all i12/1.0m :it .mayfconcem Be it, known vthat we, Ross 'Brenner and ELLIorr J. MASON, Eboth citizens of the United States, kboth residing in Pittsburgh,V

Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, have rinvented a new and :useful Improvement in Feeding 'Apparatus for Coke-Wharves, of

which the following i'sV a full, clear, and Y exact description, reference vbeing had to the `accompan ing drawings', forming Vpart of this speci cation, in which;

V'Figure lis a plan'view -of a coke Wharf,

showing one form of .our improved feeder FigyQ 4isa sideview of the-same.

Fig. 3.1sa 'detail transverse sectional view i of a portion of thewharf shown in Fig. 1, Y on a larger scale,.a'nd in. which we have shown a feeder. g

Fig. 4 is 'a side elevation!k of the .feeder shown'in lFig'. Y -v Fig.l 5 is a plan view thereof. n Fig. v(iis a detail plan view of the clutch mechanism. i Fig. 7 1s a detail sectional view onaline with the driving shaft. for the' reciprocating i Y* feeder, showing the lclutch mechanisnnan y Fig. Sis a detail sidejfelevation of fthe brakedevice.V i* l f .1

This invention has r-relationto feeding, ap.1 paratus for coke `wharvesigand is designed to provideapparatus of this character-'by means `.of which coke may Vvbe fed .from .anl inclined coke wharf lto a travelingfconveyer in ia' uniform manner, vwithout #danger lof clogging, witha-minimum* of wear upon -the conveyer and breakage of the coke being-v Y fed, the `cokefhaving a1 minimum '-drop'or The fall in passing from Lthe wharf'to theconveyer.

arranged to be moved along a track in front of the coke wharf and abovezthefcon-f arranged to be opened to permit the coke to pass from the wharfV to .the feeder, and which is ,arranged to. feed the. coke in a .uniform stream 'to the continuously moving conveyer. 'Y

The car-.1s also equipped with'a .motor fori actuating the ifeeder and formoving theA Y cargalongthe .wharfflabove-theconveyer. 'Y

device comprises a reciprocating feeder mounted on a car, whlch feeder` isf` The :precise nature of' our linvention.will be best understood by reference to the'accompanying drawings,i which will .now be described it v'being premised, however, that various changes .may becmadein the'details e of constructionv and general arrangement' of the parts, without 4 departing from the spirit and scope of our invention,` as ,defined inthe appended claims.y f L.

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ln the accompanyingdrawings, the vrefer- I ence character 2 designates 'a vcoke wharf whichis inclined, and onto which the coke is dumped from the usual and well :known side dump quenching cars, which receivethe colze from the ovens. `The vcoke is dumpedv atvarious places usual manner.

along 1 the wharf f in the kThelower side of the providedl i -with `a plurality ofguide' members 3k which form gchutes for guiding y the coke :from-the v wharf tothe feeder, ashereinafter described.`

Pivotallyco'nnected at 4 to the various chute members are gates, there being; one gate between adjacent ,guide members, the Yarrangementbeing-such that when Vone or two of the gates are opened, `thetcolre on the* wharfV labove lthe guides controlled by v,the gates ywill .pass tothe feeder.r Each of these gates "comprises a framework and afpluralityof fingers or ,rods 6 connectedto the end of'fthe frameworhfand 7 are operating vhandles connected to the framework ofthe {Mounted on suitable' framework 1=1l eX- tending parallel tto the belt :conveyer 8 are cross-ties 12, on whicharesupported rails' 1-8."- Movably mounted onthesev rails 13 isa car havinga frame 14,1'1and supporting wheels 15 and16. The supporting wheels c 15 are mounted on stubl axles '17, while .the i wheels 16 are securedto an aXle-18.1. 19 kisa reciprocating coke feeding device which-s arranged to be reciprocated onL the frame -14- vof thecar. .and which feeding device is-provided with a 'downwardly and .forwardly sloping bottomy'20. .The .rear end of, this feeding. device is.supported0n Yflanged wheelsg21 rotatably mounted on thezaxle1,18,V

ported on an axle 22 having flanged wheels 23 which are mounted to roll on the top of the frame 14.

J ournaled in bearings 24 connected to the rear end of the frame of the car isa crank shaft 25 having a crank 26, which is connected to the reciprocating feeder 19 by means of a p itman 27.

Supported on the rear end ofthe frame 14 of the car is a motor 28 having a shaft 29 which is geared to a rotatable shaft 30 by means of gears 31 and 32. This shaft is journaled inV suitable bearings. connected to the rearend of the frame 14 of the car. Connected'to this shaft 30 is a gear wheel 33 which is in mesh with a gear wheel 34 con'- 1 nected to theshaft 25, so that the shaft 25 will be continuously rotated, which willin turn reciprocate the feeder 19.

35 is an electric controller mounted on a standard 36 connected to the frame 14 of the car, and which controller is in electrical `connection with fingers or trolley members 37 and 38 :mounted on a support 39 on the car frame. VThese trolley .members are arranged to contact with the trolley Wires 40 and 41 during the passage of ,the Car along the tracks, morder to com-V plete the circuit from a suitable source of energy through the controller andQmotor. These trolley wires 40 and 41 are arranged to be supported by pins 42 and 43 connected on the shaft 25, and is provided with a clutch member 49 arranged to be engaged by arclutch member 50 slidably mounted on the shaft 25,but which is arranged to be ro-v tated thereby. Theclutch member50 is provided with an annular groove 51 for the reception of a suitable collar having pins 52 which are engaged by a clutch actuating leA ver 53. This clutch actuating lever 53' is Vpivoted to an arm V54 on the car frame, the A other end thereof being connected' to one` arm of abell crank lever 55 by means ofa link 56. This bell crank lever is pivotally connected to the truck frame at 56a. 57 is a clutch operating lever pivoted to a bracket 58 on the car frame 14, and which clutch lever is provided with a` downwardly extending arm 59. 60 is a link connected to thev extension 59 and the other arm-61 of the `bell crank lever. 62 is abrake lever pivoted at one end to the frame of the car, and which is arranged to engage one ofthe wheels 16 for supporting the car. The other Vend of this brake lever 62 is provided with 'the clutch operatin a slot which is engaged by a pin 64 which t extends outwardly from the extension 0 lever 57. The connections between' the clutch ating lever 57, and the clutch and brake lever are such that the brake Will be applied when the clutch members are disengaged,

and will be removed when the clutch members are in engagement with eachother, so that the car will be moved either forward or backward by the motor 28.

The coke as it is brought from the ovens by the dump car after. itV is quenched, is usually Adumped in a continuous manner along the wharf from one end to the other,

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so .as to distribute it in a fairly even stream l all over the'wharf At the beginning of the operationthefeeder car is moved to the end of the wharf which received the first 'chargeof coke, and the. first two gates 5 are opened to permit the coke to pass from the Wharf through they first twoguide chutes formed by the members 3. f The coke is fed to the vibrating feeder 19, which in turn feeds the coke in an evenstream to the belt conveyer 8. which in lturn conveys it to the 4:

desired point. After all of the 'coke which will pass 1 fronithe wharf through theJ first two gates has passed to the feeder, the first gate is closed and the feeder moved the distance cf one gate and the lthird gate then opened. The feeding deviceis thusmoved successively from gateto gate'to feed the coke to the Aconveyer as it passes fromV the wharf to the feeder.

The advantages of our invention result from the provisionv of a travelin g1 coke feeder which is arrangedfto be moved in a step by l step manner along'the edge ofla coke wharf to receive the coke discharged therefromand to Vfeed it inan even stream to a traveling c'onveyer below the feeding device. Another advantage of our invention results from the provision of a self-contained coke feeding device having a motor thereon for actuating the reciprocating feeder, and for moving the ffeeder in a step by -step manner, together with means for simultaneously releasing the brake for the feeder' truck wheels and connecting thel step byV step driving mechanism Vwith the feeder actuating mechanism, or for applying `the* brake when the clutch is released. f A" v It vwill also 'be noted that with the apparatus describedthe coke is receivedV from'the wharf onto the feeder' over one edge of the feeder so that itis distributed throughout the length of the feeder instead of being deposited in a heap at one end portion thereof. Futhermore,by reason of the inclination ofV the feeder, it will be apparent that' it can hey brought closely up to the discharging end of Y theV wharf, and that its discharge end may be brought' down close to the conveyer. In this manner, the fall or drop of the coke is minigasa-ava Inized, `this not only reducing the breakage of'4 the'V coke,i `but also. greatlyy Vreducing abrasive action and'wear on the conveyer.

Another advantage of ourinvention. results from'thefact that'itnis not necessaryfto closely. regulate theV discharge from the Wharf onto vthe: feederbymeans of thel gates.

i' Thacoke on the wharf ,can-be. discharged controlled by the reciprocations ofthe feedellV onto the feeder as rapidlyas [may be, and thel discharge fromthe feederto thefbeltmay be over .the conveyer.' -j `wWe claim:7.-` p' l:k `1. Thecombination of'a coke wharf land a conveyer infront of said-wharf, of-a traveling `coke feeder-arranged to be movedy along the wharf in adirection parallel to fthe length of the conveyerfor feeding the coke to theiconveyer, andV a pluralityfof gates .for

controlling the passage of coke t0v .said feeder over one side thereof substantiallyjas Y described.

2. The combination with a coke wharf and a'conveyer in front of saidV wharf, of a coke feeding car traveling infrontfof e said wharfrinv a direction parallelto the lengthof the conveyer, a reciprocating feeder" on. `said "carffor v receiving. the coke fromk the` wharf and feeding it to the con!V veyer, means on said `car for actuating the feeder, and a plurality of gates on the wharf vfor controlling. the passage of coke to said reciprocating coke feeder mountedV on v'said car, a motor on the car, and actuating connections betweenV said motor and thecok feeder; substantially as described. L

.4. A movable coke feeder, comprising'` a car having supporting wheels, areciprocating coke feeder mounted onv saidcar, a motor mounted onl said car, actuating 'connections betweenv the motor and the feeder for con-V Y tinuously reciprocating thesame, actuating connectionsbetween the car wheels and said motor,` and means for engaging and fdisengaging said connections; substantially4 as described.

5. A. movable -cokerfeeden comprising a` carhaving supportingwheels, a reciprocating coke feeder mounted on saldl car, a motor` @mounted on said car, actuating connections between the motor and the feeder for continuously reciprocating the same, car driving connections, saidv connections vincluding a Y clutch, and means for actuating'said clutch ,mounted on to connect yand disconnect the car driving connections;l substantially as described.v

V6. *A movable coke feeder, Vcomprising. a

carV having supporting wheels, a reciprocattinuously lreciprocating the same, car wheel l driving connections, said connectlons includv ing a'clutchY for connecting and disconnecting said connectionswith the motor, a 'brake device, and van 'actuating lever' for simultaneously moving the brake'andv the clutch f vvherebythe brake devicef-is appliedy when l the clutch lisv releasedv and isl released when 1 thefclutch is applied;substantially asidescribed;

.7. The combinationfwith aninclined cokev Wharf upon which the coke isspread ofla v conveyer in front ofsaijd wharf, 'and means travelingA along said 'wharf for receiving .coke therefrom and feeding the samevto said conveyer; substantially; as' described.Y

. The combination vwith a cokewliarf of aconveyer in. front `ofjsaid wharf, and-l means travelin j. along said Jwharfbforre- .ceivlng ythe co re` directly therefrom over one sidef'throughout the major.- portion of;

its' length, and feeding the same to said conveyer, substantially asvdescrib'edl.: '1 i 9; The co "bination withffa oke wharf upon whichfthe cokefisspreadf'for discharge 'zel from 'one-edge', of afcon-veyerin Vfront of said Wharf, and meansv traveling yalong e said wharf for receiving" coke y directly ltherefroin and feeding the same to said 'conveyersaid means regulating l'the feed to said substantially las described.

V10.4 The combinationwith a cokewharf from'` one edge, of'a conveyerin 4front of saidV conveyer,

` upon wliichftl'ie coke is spread for.' discharge roo movement along said wharffor'receiving 'i coke directly therefrom.and` feeding ,the

same to said conveyer, substantially as dei scribed.

11. The combination with acoke wharfA upon whiclrthescoke is spread for discharge from one edge, 'of a conveyer in' Vfront of said wharf','and means having a step-'by-ste'p Vmovement along said wharf for receiving..

,l coke directly rv therefroi'n and feeding the sainev to said conveyer, said means regulating the feed tothe conveyer, substantially as described.l y v y n l2.,` The combination with a Vcoke wharf and -avconveyer adjacentfto and below the discharge edge of saidwharf, of a feeding device for transferring-the coke from the vwharf to said conveyensaid feeding device being elongated in the direction lof the;l

length ofthe conveyer and arranged to `ireceive theV vcoke-lover one of its sideV edgesk throughout the major portion of its lengthv thereof, substantially as described.

i 13. The combination with a'coke wharf l and a conveyer adjacent to and below ythe 'f discharge'edge of said wharf, of a feeding .ing coke feeder mountedon'said car, a motor said car, actuating connections between thev motor andthe feederk for con-` device fory transferring the 'coke from `the v and to discharge the same at one end portion Wharf to` said conveyer, said. feeding device being elongated inthe direc-tion of the length of theconveyer and arranged toreceive the coke Vover one of its'side edges and to discharge the same. at one end portion thereof, together with a support on which said feeding rdevice is movable llongitudiv nally of the conveyer, substantially as'described. t i Y Y U15. The combination With a coke Wharf anda conveyer adjacent to and'belovv the y discharge edge of saidwvharf, of a feeding device for transferring the coke from the Wharf to said conveyen,saidfeeding device being elongated in Vthe direction. of the length of the conveyer and arranged to receive the coke over one of its side edges and to discharge the same `at oneend portion thereof, fand a support on which Vsaid feeding device is movable longitudinally of the conveyer, together Wlth meansfor reciprov eating the feeding-device on its support,

substantially as described.;

ing device being movablealong the Wharf 40 over the conveyer to the desired.` positions, and means for holdingsaid device in said positions, substantially as described. Y

17. The combination .with a coke WharfV upon which the coke is spread for discharge from Vone edge Tof atraveling conveyerV in front 4of said Wharf, and` means traveling along said lvvharf for receiving coke therefrom andffeeding.thesameto said conveyer in the direction of travel thereof, Asubstantially as describedl 'Y In testimonyWhereof we have-hereunto set our hands.

Rossi/r. monter, nLLio-'rr J. Mason. j 

